Ask HN: What do you think about FB new UX?

I think everyone on HN hates it but so far it’s quite clearly an improvement.

They didn’t go too far with spacing, consistency is way up, generally everything feels like it’s using the same standard set of widgets.

It feels in a weird way just a little slow. I’m not sure why, I even thought maybe it’s my Chrome or something. I noticed hovering a list item had what felt like a small delay. Turns out it was just the animation they used to fade in/out. I think they messed that up (fade in should be near instant or else it feels laggy).

That said, as a UX specialized dev, I appreciate it overall. Don’t like Facebook or even use the app much, but the design and tech are better overall.

I really hate that the left sidebar goes away when you are looking at groups on desktop! Other UX aspects haven't bugged me much and I've had the new version for a few weeks. The performance is considerably worse than the previous, including tab crashes in Chrome.

It’s not good but significantly less bad than before. As the product the pain of use has diminished

Any screenshots for people who don't use Facebook anymore?

dark mode is nice